Loading or unloading apparatus.



PATENTED JUNE'T, 190 v I No. 761,770.

. H. I. KILLIAN.

LOADING ORU NLOADING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATIOH IILBD APR. 27, 1903.

2 sums- 112M 2.

N0 MODEL.

WZ'Znesses UNITED STATES Patented June 7, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

HENRY JONATHAN KILLIAN, OF SEYMOUR, MISSOURI.

LOADING OR UNLOADING APPARATUS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,770, dated June 7, 1904. I Application filed April 27,1903. Serial No- 154,608. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY JONATHAN KIL- LIAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingv My invention relates to aloading and unloadmg apparatus; and my object is to provide an apparatus especially adapted for use by farmers for gathering grain, potatoes, turnips, apples, &c., from the field and unloading them expeditiously in a corn-crib or other suitable place of storage.

While I contemplate the employment of crates for receiving the grain, &o., in the field unloading apparatus.

and a loading apparatus for lifting the crates and their contents nto a Wagon or other con- .veyance for transportation to the storage structure, the invention resides in the novel.

III IlIof Fig. 1, showing the crate and grab hooks forming part of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a broken detail view of one ofthe grabho0ks in position for engaging the upper,

side of the crate. Fig.5 is aside elevation of the loading and unloading apparatus in position for unloading the contents of the crates into the storage structure. Fig. 6 is a broken side elevation showing the manner in which the car is reelevated t0 the track after dumping its load into the storage structure. Fig. 7 is an inverted plan View of the car. Fig. 8 is a broken plan view of the forward end of the track forming part of the Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the track and its hinged support.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a bed of the vehicle employed in transporting the grain, vegetables, &c., from the field to the storage structure, which is provided with a loop 2, adapted to receive the lower tapered end 3 of a supporting-post 4, forming part of a frame consisting of a longitudinal strip 5, which rests upon the upper edge of the sideboard of the wagon-bed, braces 6 for rigidly securing strip 5 to the supporting-post, and depending cleats 7, which engage the opposite sides of said side-board and reliably hold the frame in position until removed by the operator.

The upper end of supporting-post 4 is provided with a pin 8 and a circular plate or block 8*, which provides a turn-table for a superstructure comprising avertical post 9,

having a circular block 10, adapted to turn upon block 8*, a lever 12, which is adjustably pivoted to post 9 by a bolt 12, a cable 13, secured to one end of the lever and provided with a hand-ring lt, adepending bar 15, pivotallysecured to the opposite end of the lever, and grab-hooks 16, secured to the lower end of the depending bar for the purpose of engaging crates 17. Bar 15 is provided witha centrally-disposed ball-joint 15, soits lower end may be swung in any direction necessary to bring the grab-hooks secured thereto in position to engage the crates located near the wagon.

The lower ends 18 of the grab-hooks incline upwardly and inwardly, so that when bar 15 .is depressed by the operator standing in the wagon-bed said ends will slip down and engage the upper end of a crate placed near the Wagon, so the crate may be elevated. by depressing the opposite end of lever12.

\ When the crate has been elevated above the top of the wagon-bed, it is swung inwardly by turning vertical post 9- on turn-table 8. The grab-hooks are then released from the crate and lowered for others until the wagon is loaded, which is accomplished without the operator getting off said wagon.

After the wagon has received a load it is hauled to the storage structure 19, provided with an opening 20 and a friction-roller 21, journaled just above the sill of the opening to receive a track 22, comprising a plank 23 and a single longitudinal rail 24:, secured to the upper central portion of the plank for the purpose of guiding thereon a car hereinafter described.

The forward end of plank 23 is provided with hooks 25 and a support 26, which is secured to the plank by a hinge 27, and the rear end of the plank is provided with a stop 28 and an eye 29, which latter is provided with a connecting-rod 30, adapted to be pivotally secured at its opposite end to the forward end of lever 12 after the latter has been adjusted to the upper end of post 9 and the bar 15 has been removed. Support 26 is intended to serve as a rocking fulcrum for the front end of the track and pivots upon the lower rear edge 26.

(Jar 31, which operates upon track 22, consists of a platform 31, three rollers 32, upon which it is mounted, and bearings 33, that are secured to the under side of the platform and in which the rollers are journaled. Said rollers have central peripheral grooves 34, which engage rail 24 and hold the car upon the track, and the intermediate roller is provided with two outer peripheral grooves 35, adapted to engage hooks 25 and prevent the car from falling to the floor of the storage structure when in the dumping position, (shown in Fig. 5,) which position is attained by elevating the rear end of the track with lever 12. The forward roller 32 is shorter than its companions in order that it may pass between and beyond the hooks and allow the car and the crate to come to the dumping position, and while in said position the crate is retained upon the car by a hook 36 and a bail 37, engaging its opposite ends. In this position roller 32 contacts with inclined face 26 of the support.

It is essential to my invention that the front end of the track be unobstructed for the passage of the car except for steps or hooks 25. The latter projecting forward as they do will operate to arrest the car only when half the length of the latter has passed over the end and roller 32 comes in contact with them. After the contents of the crate have been dumped the ear is replaced upon the track by lowering the latter and drawing it backward upon friction-roller 21, when roller 32 travels forward along face 26 until the ear is replaced upon the track. Then by further depressing the rear end of the track the car will run back until it contacts with stop 28, when the empty crate is removed and a loaded one replaced upon the car. This operation is repeated until the wagon is unloaded.

From the above description it is apparent that I have produced a loading and unloading apparatus which is simple in construction, easily operated, and thoroughly effective for the purposes intended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is-

1. The combination with a track, a car mounted thereon, and a stop located upon the bottom of the car midway the length therem'; of means for permittinghalf the length of the car to pass over the end of the track while engaging said step, comprising stop at the end of the track in alinement with the stop on the car but adapted to clear the forward portion thereof.

2. The combination with a track, a car thereon, and a stop at the front end of the track, this end being otherwise unobstructed for the passage of the car; of a stop upon the bottom of the ear midway the length thereof and in alinement with the stop on the track, said stops being adapted to engage with each other when half the length of the car has passed Over the end of the track.

3. The combination with an inclined track, a car thereon, and a stop at the front end of the track, this end being otherwise unobstructed for the passage of the car; of a stop upon the bottom of the car midway the length thereof and in alinement with the stop on the track, said stops being adapted to engage with each other when half the length of the car has passed over the end of the track.

4. A car, and a stop mounted on the bottom thereof midway its length; combined with a. track for said car, said track being adapted to allow the forward portion of the car to pass over its end and having a stop at this end in alinement with the stop upon the car.

5. The combination with a track having stops at the forward end thereof, and a car mounted thereon, said car beingprovided with a pivot located midway of its bottom and adapted to engage with said steps; of a support below said end of the track and adapted to engage with the forward part of the car when the latter has completed a partial revolution.

6. The combination with a track and a ear mounted thereon; of stops projecting from the front end of said track, and a series of rollers mounted upon the bottom of said car, one of said rollers being located midway of the bottom of the car and being provided with peripheral grooves adapted to engage with said stops and automaticallydump the car at the end of the track.

7. The combination with a track having a central rail, and a car mounted thereon; of stops projecting from the front end of said track, and a series of rollers mounted upon the bottom of said car and having peripheral grooves engaging with the rail, one of said rollers being located midway of the bottom of the car and being provided with additional peripheral grooves adapted to engage with said stops and automatically dump the car at the end of the track.

8. The combination with a track and a car mounted thereon; of stops projecting from the front end of said track, a roller mounted upon the forward end of the bottom of the car, said roller being of such length as to pass be tween said stops, and asecond roller mounted midway of the bottom of the ear and adapted to engage with said stops and automatically dump the car at the end of the track.

9. The combination with a track having a central rail and a car mounted thereon; of stops projecting from the front end of said track, a roller mounted upon the forward end of the bottom of the car and having a central peripheral groove engaging with the rail, said roller being of such length as to pass between said stops, and a second roller mounted midway of the bottom of the car and having at its extremities peripheral grooves adapted to engage with said stops 'and automatically dump the car at the end of the track.

10. The combination with a track having a I central rail and a car mounted thereon; of upturned hooks projecting from the front end of said track, a roller mounted uponthe forward end of the bottom of the car and having a central peripheral groove engaging with the rail, said roller. being of such length as to pass between said hooks, and a second roller mounted midway of the bottom-of the car and having a central peripheral groove also engaging with the rail, said roller being further provided at its extremities with additional peripheral grooves adapted to engage with said hooks and automatically dump the car at the end of the track.

11. The combination with a track, a car mounted thereon, and means for automatically arresting and dumping said car at the forward end of the track; of means for elevating the rear end of the track, and a rocking support pivoted to the forward end of the track and operating to elevate said end of the track after the car has been dumped.

12. The combination with an inclined track, a car mounted thereon, and means for auto matically arresting and dumping said car at the forward end of the track; of a rocking support pivoted to' said end of the track, said support being operated by a rearward motion of the track to raise the forward end thereof.

13. The combination with a track, a car mounted thereon, hooks projecting from-the forward end of said track and stops located upon said car; of a backwardly-rocking support pivoted at the forward portion thereof to the forward end of the track, and means for adjusting the rear end of the track.

14. The combination with a track, a car mounted thereon, and means for automatically arresting and dumping said car at the forward end of the track, of means for changing the elevation of the forward end of the track comprising a support, said support having a portion upon which it rocks and being pivoted to the forward end of the track at a point above andin front of said portio and means for changing the elevation of the rear end of the track.

15. The combination with a track, a car mounted thereon, and means for automatically arresting and dumping said car at the forward end of the track; of a baclnvardly-rocking support pivoted at the forward portion thereof to the forward end of the track, and means for adjusting the rear end of the track comprising a supporting-post having a block formed on the upper end thereof, a vertical post mounted pivotally on said block, and a lever adjustably fulcrumed thereon.

16. In a device of'the character described, a track. a car mounted thereon, means for arresting the car at the forward end of the track,

a backwardly-rocking support pivoted .at the forward portion thereof to the forward end of the track; combined with a transporting-vehicle, a loop secured to the side thereof, a post having its lower end engaging the loop, a longitudinal strip secured to the post and adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the side of said vehicle, braces rigidly securing said longitudinal strip to the post, cleats secured to the longitudinal strip and adapted to hold the frame upon the vehicle, and a lever fulcrumed uponsaid post and secured at one end to the rear end of the track.

17 The combination with a track, a car mounted thereon, and means for causing the car to dump forward over the end of the track; of a rocking support for said end of-the track, said support havinga face which contacts with the forward portion of the car when dumped and operates to replace the latter.

18. The combination with a track, a car mounted thereon, means for causing the car to dump over the forward end of the track, and means for adjusting the elevation of the rear end of the track; of means for adjusting the forward end of the track comprising a rocking support, said support having a face which contacts with the forward portion of the car when dumped and operates to replace the latter.

19. The combination with a track, means for adjusting the rear end thereof, a car mounted on said track, said car having a roller jou-rnaled on the forward portion thereof, and means for causing the car to dump over the forward end of the track; of means for adjusting the forward end of the track and replacing the car thereon comprising a backwardly-rocking support pivoted forwardly to the forward end of the track and having an inclined face upon which said roller travels.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HEN JONATHAN KILLIAN.

Witnesses:

W. H. GEORGE, C. W. BANKS.

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